2:36 PM,
Oct. 8, 2012

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2:25 p.m. update

Tallahassee Mayor John Marks took the stand today in his hearing on whether he violated state ethics laws by voting on matters involving his former law firm and a nonprofit that paid him as a member of its board of advisers.

The Florida Commission on Ethics charged Marks in June with five violations over his votes involving the Alliance for Digital Equality, an Atlanta nonprofit, and the corporate giant Honeywell. He voted on a grant involving the nonprofit while he was serving as a paid member of its board of advisers, and he also voted on matters pertaining to ...